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Schedule of Assignments INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL ISSUES Week 1 Rethinking Basics Aug 27. Introduction to Global Issues in a Changing World GLOBALIZATION I: The Age of Empire Aug 29 European Imperialism: Overview (1850-1945) Week 2 Colonialism and the Construction of a Global Economy Sept 1 Labor Day Holiday Sept 3 Full and partial colonization in Africa and Asia Sept 3-4-5 Discussion: 1. Wayne Ellwood, The No-Nonsense Guide to Globalization, pp. 8-23. 2. Jules Ferry (1832-1893), Prime Minister of France 1880-1881, 1883-1885: On French Colonial Expansion:  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/1884ferry.html /halsall/mod/1884ferry.html 3. Program of the Pan-German League, 1890-1898:  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/1890pangerman.html /halsall/mod/1890pangerman.html 4. John Stuart Mill: On Colonies and Colonization, 1848:  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/1849jsmill-colonies.html /halsall/mod/1849jsmill-colonies.html 5. British Imperialistic Anthems -- Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory, etc.  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/rulebritannia.html /halsall/mod/rulebritannia.html 6. Rudyard Kipling, The White Mans Burden, 1899:  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/Kipling.html /halsall/mod/Kipling.html 7. Joseph Conrad: from Heart of Darkness (1902):  HYPERLINK :8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/conrad.html :8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/conrad.html Week 3 Sept 8 Commodities, Wage Labor, and a New Global Economy Introducing Imperialism: Africa as a Case Study Sept 10 This Magnificent African Cake -- Basil Davidson, program 6 from AFRICA Sept 11-12 Discussion: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1959) Week 4 Colonial Legacies Sept 15 Responses to Imperialism: Anti-Colonialism and Nationalism in the Periphery Sept 17 The Formation of New Identities ***Take-home exam 1, handed out in class*** Sept 18-19 Discussion: 1. Dadabhai Naoroji: The Benefits of British Rule, 1871:  HYPERLINK /halsall/mod/1871britishrule.html /halsall/mod/1871britishrule.html 2.